Florida Senate - 2011              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. SB 2056
       
       
       
       
       
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       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Governmental
       Oversight and Accountability
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 112.3215, F.S., which
    4         provides an exemption from public-records and public
    5         meetings requirements for certain audits and
    6         investigations conducted by the Commission on Ethics;
    7         reorganizing the exemptions; making editorial changes;
    8         removing the scheduled repeal of the exemptions;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (8) of section
   14  112.3215, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         112.3215 Lobbying before the executive branch or the
   16  Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting;
   17  investigation by commission.—
   18         (8)
   19         (d)1. Records relating to an audit conducted pursuant to
   20  this section or an investigation conducted pursuant to this
   21  section or s. 112.32155 are confidential and exempt from s.
   22  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution., and
   23         2. Any portion of a meeting wherein meetings held pursuant
   24  to such an investigation or at which such an audit is discussed
   25  is are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State
   26  Constitution.
   27         3. The exemptions no longer apply if either until the
   28  lobbying firm requests in writing that such investigation and
   29  associated records and meetings be made public or until the
   30  commission determines there is probable cause that the audit
   31  reflects a violation of the reporting laws. This paragraph is
   32  subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance
   33  with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2011,
   34  unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
   35  Legislature.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011.